Improved washing-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

N. M. SANFORD, OF VIENNA, OHIO.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,274, dated October 30, 1866.

To all whom it may concern Y Be it known that I, N. M. SANFORD, of `Vienna, in the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines; and I do standard or post of the machine.

The construction and operation of the machine are as follows: A is the lever, B, the iiuted ribs. They are arranged radially from the center of the iioat E, and at suitable equidistances apart around the rim of the same.v

Every other rib extends from the rim of the tloat to' the post-hole made -in the center thereof. The intermediate ribs .extenohfrom the rim, the same as the others, but terminate a short distance from the post-hole, sufficiently when the ribs are arranged on the bottom of the tub, the same as those 011 the iioat, as described, to give room to the clothes to move or roll around in the space thus allowed in the operation of washing, so as to prevent any undue crowding or jamming of the clothes in one place, but give uniformity to their movement around over the ribs.

F F are standards. (See the ligure to the left.) They are attached to the iioat in a suitable manner near the rim of the same.

H is the post. It is attached centrally to the bottom of the tub, or through the saine, as may be deemed best.

I is the hub. It is hinged to the top of the lever and surrounds the post.

O is the brace, secured through an opening in the lever by a pivot passed through it and the brace. A cord or strap is attached to the brace, and passed up' through the lever, and then secured to the hub. The object of thus connecting the two is that they may act as counter-braces to one another in their respective bearings on and against the post, so as to keep the lever steady in its relative movement to the standards. v

The slots in the lever through which the standards are admitted are of a suiicient size to permit the handle part of the lever to be elevated when desired for convenience in its operating the float, without any interference from the standards by reason of their positions in the slots of the lever.

The upper part of the post is surrounded with a metallic plate, and provided with a sutlicient number of holes in and through the same, whereby when the clothes are placed into the tub to be washed, and the iioat adjusted over them, a pin is placed in whichever hole will be found to admit of the pin being passed through the same and over the hub, thus keeping the iioat down onto the clothes.

The float is provided with holes, and'onc particularly at the end of each short rib, and suitably arranged, as seen in the ligure of `the drawings. These holes and those at the end of the short ribs permit the water to pass freely through them in the operation of washing.-

Operation The lever may be removed from the post first and the iioat afterward, or both may be removed in their connection with one another at the same time. The clothes are placed in the tub, and the lever and lio-at, when removed to allow of the same being done, are replaced, the float being adjusted to the clothes according to the depth or space they occupy in the tub, and then kept down on them by a pin, as described, placed through a hole in the post over the hub of the lever, the connection of the brace with the lever having its bearing on the float as well as on the post. The operator then takes hold of the handle and moves it right and left, or entirely around, as may be desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what Iclaim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is;-

The hinged hub I, arranged with theV lever A and movable brace C, in combination with the post H, substantially in the manner and for the purpose as herein set forth.

N. M. SANFORD.

Witnesses-z HARRY TRUEsDELL', C. E. MOSER.. 

